A captivating exploration of the little-known story of Rembrandt’s formative years by a prize-winning biographer.Rembrandt van Rijn’s early years are as famously shrouded in mystery as Shakespeare’s, and his life has always been an enigma. How did a miller’s son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist of his age? How in short, did Rembrandt become Rembrandt?Seeking the roots of Rembrandt’s genius, the celebrated Dutch writer Onno Blom immers...

A captivating exploration of the little-known story of Rembrandt’s formative years by a prizewinning biographer.Rembrandt van Rijn’s early years are as famously shrouded in mystery as Shakespeare’s, and his life has always beenan enigma. How did a miller’s son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist of his age? How, in short,did Rembrandt become Rembrandt?Seeking the roots of Rembrandt’s genius, the celebrated Dutch writer Onno Blom immersed hi...

An immersive exploration of the little-known story of Rembrandt's formative years by a prize-winning biographer Rembrandt's life has always been an enigma. How did a miller's son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist in the world? With his formative years shrouded in mystery, the only remaining evidence of Rembrandt's life as a young man is his work. Deeply rooted in the turbulent changes that his hometown was undergoing, Rembrandt's early paintings tell a fascinating sto...